BECKHAM v. TRAVELERS INS. CO.


424 Pa. 107 (1967)

Beckham, Appellant, v. Travelers Insurance Company.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 4, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Polis, with him Polis & Polis, for appellant.

Richard J. Van Roden, with him Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz, for appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN and ROBERTS, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, January 4, 1967:

Andrew Beckham, an employee of Humble Oil & Refining Company, named his mother, Elizabeth, beneficiary under a group life insurance policy issued by The Travelers Insurance Company on the life of Humble's employees. The policy provided for death benefits of $4,000 and also contained a double indemnity provision operative in the event that "bodily injury not hereinafter excepted effected directly and independently...

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